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President Obama: "You Have the Power to Shape Our Country's Course"

June 27, 2016 at 2:34 PM ET by Tanya Somanader
Summary: 
Watch President Obama attempt a few things that are harder than registering to vote.
President Barack Obama makes a friendship bracelet while taping a video for Buzzfeed’s TurnUptoVote Week, in the Map Room of the White House, June 23, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama makes a friendship bracelet while taping a video for Buzzfeed’s TurnUptoVote Week, in the Map Room of the White House, June 23, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

President Obama has teamed up with Buzzfeed and TurboVote to launch "Turn Up the Vote," an initiative to encourage people to engage in the democratic process and register to vote.

Your vote is not only the most powerful tool we have to shape our collective future, it's easy for you to do. In fact, watch President Obama do a few things that are harder than registering to vote: 

As American citizens, the only way we can choose our public leaders is through our vote. We cannot take that for granted. 

So watch and share this video, then make sure you're registered. As President Obama said, "You have the power to shape our country’s course."

Tanya Somanader

Director of Digital Rapid Response for the Office of Digital Strategy